10th season of the UEFA club football tournament
1964–65 European Cup Dates 13 September 1964 – 27 May 1965 Teams 31 Champions Inter Milan (2nd title) Runners-up Benfica Matches played 63 Goals scored 215 (3.41 per match) Attendance 2,213,373 (35,133 per match) Top scorer(s) Eusébio (Benfica)José Augusto Torres (Benfica) (9 goals each)
International football competition
The 1964–65 European Cup , the 10th season of the football club tournament, was won by Internazionale for the second time in row, in a final match against two-time former champions Benfica , making it three consecutive titles for Italy (Milan had won it in 1962–63).
Iceland entered its champion for the first time this season, while Cyprus did not enter this time around.
Teams
Bracket
Preliminary round
1 Rangers won a play-off 3–1.
2 Anderlecht won a coin toss after their play-off match ended 0–0.
3 Dukla Prague won a coin toss after their play-off match ended 0–0.
Note: Starting the previous year tournament, only the title holder, Internazionale , joined directly in the first round.
First leg
Second leg
Dinamo București won 7–0 on aggregate.
5–5 on aggregate.
Rangers won 3–1 in a play-off.
Rapid Vienna won 5–0 on aggregate.
Panathinaikos won 5–4 on aggregate.
Köln won 2–0 on aggregate.
2–2 on aggregate.
0–0 in play-off; Anderlecht won coin toss.
Liverpool won 11–1 on aggregate.
Vasas ETO Győr won 6–2 on aggregate.
Lokomotiv Sofia won 8–5 on aggregate.
DWS won 4–1 on aggregate.
Lyn won 4–2 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 9–2 on aggregate.
4–4 on aggregate.
0–0 in play-off; Dukla Prague won coin toss.
La Chaux-de-Fonds won 4–3 on aggregate.
Benfica won 10–2 on aggregate.
First round
First leg
Second leg
Köln won 3–2 on aggregate.
Liverpool won 4–0 on aggregate.
Internazionale won 7–0 on aggregate.
Rangers won 3–0 on aggregate.
DWS won 8–1 on aggregate.
Vasas ETO Győr won 8–7 on aggregate.
Benfica won 6–1 on aggregate.
Real Madrid won 6–2 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
1 Liverpool advanced to the semi-finals by winning a coin toss after their play-off match ended 2–2.
First leg
Second leg
2–2 on aggregate; Liverpool won coin toss.
Internazionale won 3–2 on aggregate.
Vasas ETO Győr won 2–1 on aggregate.
Benfica won 6–3 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
First leg
Second leg
Internazionale won 4–3 on aggregate.
Benfica won 5–0 on aggregate.
Final
Top scorers
The top scorers from the 1964–65 European Cup (including preliminary round) are as follows:
References
External links
European Cup era, 1955–1992
Seasons Finals
UEFA Champions League era, 1992–present
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